On Monday, Canadian immigration authorities began notifying hundreds of newly minted citizens that their citizenship certificates are being suspended pending a formal review.
These individuals gained status under 'Bill C-3,' a 2025 law designed to restore rights to 'Lost Canadians' who were born or adopted abroad but had ancestral ties to the country. Officials now claim that many applicants relied too heavily on genealogy websites, which do not meet the legal standard for proving a direct link to Canada in every generation. Affected residents, many of whom live in the United States, have expressed shock and devastation over being asked to surrender documents they believed were final proof of their identity.
The government is now re-examining these files individually to determine if the citizenship was granted based on inaccurate data or incomplete family histories.
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